Unfortunately, it was confirmed today that Kellyanne Lytal did not survive last week's flooding. 

Quote from: Kira & Jaxon's Dad on Today at 08:22:40 AM

Quote from: D3fanboy on Yesterday at 07:27:58 PM

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Quote from: Dr. Acula on Yesterday at 03:06:11 PMBeaudrie transferred to Adrian.

Why did he leave the Raiders? Competition for playing time? Other reasons?

Maloney was/is very, very highly regarded as a Mount Union QB prospect

Noah B probably didn't want to be a backup, or fighting for his job as a 5th year senior.  Adrian got a couple of Mount upperclassmen transfers this year

What other Mount guys?

I did find this: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DL4zsWFNlHY/?igsh=MTh1dHRzYmpqa255ZA==

I remember the name Nelson Fernandez as one of the transfers to Adrian and I think that there was a DL or two as well. Don't recall the name of the top of my head, but it wasn't someone who played meaningful snaps in Alliance

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Quote from: Gregory Sager on July 09, 2025, 03:53:52 AMTyvin Garrison, a rising junior 6'7" G/F from Springfield, is transferring to North Park. He played for D2 Lincoln (MO) in 2022-23 and 2023-24, achieving modest stats in limited playing time (eight games as a frosh, 14 games as a sophomore), then transferred to a USCAA school in Florida last fall but decided not to play there, thus retaining two more seasons of eligibility.

Fun fact: Until he joined the Springfield HS team as a sophomore, he'd never played organized basketball before. He was a hockey player up until then. I doubt that you see a lot of downstate 6'5" fourteen-year-olds playing hockey instead of basketball.

Quote from: tomt4525 on July 08, 2025, 02:07:35 PMFormer Carthage Big Man, Julian Campbell, is transferring to North Park.

Campbell verbally committed to NPU last fall. Not sure why it took him this long to finally announce it on X, but the Vikings are glad to have him!

If Garrison has a hockey background it wouldn't be surprising if he brings an elevated level of physicality to the hardwood. A nice asset in the rough and tumble CCIW. With his not playing last year it will be interesting to see if his 🏀 skills have depreciated to any significant degree.

Concerning Campbell —— Did he attend NPU or any other institution as a student last year? If he attended another school, did he play basketball there? Two years ago at Carthage he weighed close to 300 pounds. Has he managed to trim down any or is he even more corpulent currently? If he hasn't lost any weight, or especially if he's gained any, NPU will basically be playing defense with only 4 guys. Diametrically opposed to last year's swarming D.

Campbell took a hiatus from college in 2024-25. He has two seasons of eligibility remaining.

I didn't see him at all last school year -- I don't recall him attending any home games -- so I can't answer as to his current physical condition. If he's still packing all of that extra weight around his midsection, his ability to fit into North Park's style of play will be problematic. That's not just because the Vikings are a team built to run, but even more so because NPU's defensive scheme requires switching -- and the Carthage-era Campbell wasn't nearly mobile enough to stay in front of guards.

This was reported and discussed back in January.

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Quote from: D3fanboy on January 09, 2025, 07:03:47 PMhttps://x.com/noahbeaudrie8/status/1877505572804686010

Beaudrie transfered to Adrian College

Mikey Maloney time.

[Cross-posted from the 2025 Schedules thread]

Johnson & Wales (Charlotte)

Johnson & Wales Charlotte was in its DIII exploratory year in 2024-2025 and was announced earlier this year as the 7th member of the Coast-to-Coast conference. I think they applied for provisional membership in February and are on pace to become a full member of DIII in 2028-2029.  They are, however, immediately eligible to compete in the C2C conference.  Their Athletics Dept staff is still getting up to speed on what that means, though, as they have identified 4 games (home-and-away series with Warren Wilson and Regent) as "C2C" games, even though there are no regular season games in the C2C.  Nevertheless, I admire their eagerness to claim membership.  Last year, they played some DIII schools and did pretty well, beating Greensboro and Methodist, tying NC Wesleyan, and losing to Pfeiffer.  This year, they drop NC Wesleyan, Pfeiffer, and Greensboro and, in addition to opening at Methodist and playing Regent and Warren Wilson twice, they add Bridgewater, Eastern Mennonite, Southern Virginia, Guilford, William Peace, and Piedmont.  Seems like there be plenty of D3 opponents for J&WC going forward, between the USA South and the ODAC, plus the other mid-Atlantic C2C schools.  That might allow them to decline to play DI Davidson, who they lost to 8-0 last year and are again scheduled to play this season.  I can understand accepting an opportunity to play local-ish D1 programs like Duke or UNC just for the experience even though they know they will be thrashed, but, with all due respect for @PaulNewman, who I believe went to Davidson, the experience of playing at Davidson's modest field and using their tiny locker rooms isn't going to be better than most DIII programs and will be worse than some.  Moreover, the "crowd" Davidson is going to get for a Wednesday game against J&W Charlotte probably isn't going to feel like a DI atmosphere, if such a thing exists across-the-board.  It does, however, provide a local game that their parents can easily attend, so from that perspective I get it.

Johnson & Wales (Charlotte)

Johnson & Wales Charlotte was in its DIII exploratory year in 2024-2025 and was announced earlier this year as the 7th member of the Coast-to-Coast conference. I think they applied for provisional membership in February and are on pace to become a full member of DIII in 2028-2029.  They are, however, immediately eligible to compete in the C2C conference.  Their Athletics Dept staff is still getting up to speed on what that means, though, as they have identified 4 games (home-and-away series with Warren Wilson and Regent) as "C2C" games, even though there are no regular season games in the C2C.  Nevertheless, I admire their eagerness to claim membership.  Last year, they played some DIII schools and did pretty well, beating Greensboro and Methodist, tying NC Wesleyan, and losing to Pfeiffer.  This year, they drop NC Wesleyan, Pfeiffer, and Greensboro and, in addition to opening at Methodist and playing Regent and Warren Wilson twice, they add Bridgewater, Eastern Mennonite, Southern Virginia, Guilford, William Peace, and Piedmont.  Seems like there be plenty of D3 opponents for J&WC going forward, between the USA South and the ODAC, plus the other mid-Atlantic C2C schools.  That might allow them to decline to play DI Davidson, who they lost to 8-0 last year and are again scheduled to play this season.  I can understand accepting an opportunity to play local-ish D1 programs like Duke or UNC just for the experience even though they know they will be thrashed, but, with all due respect for @PaulNewman, who I believe went to Davidson, the experience of playing at Davidson's modest field and using their tiny locker rooms isn't going to be better than most DIII programs and will be worse than some.  Moreover, the "crowd" Davidson is going to get for a Wednesday game against J&W Charlotte probably isn't going to feel like a DI atmosphere, if such a thing exists across-the-board.  It does, however, provide a local game that their parents can easily attend, so from that perspective I get it.

Quote from: Kira & Jaxon's Dad on Today at 08:22:40 AM

Quote from: D3fanboy on Yesterday at 07:27:58 PM

Quote from: Raider 68 on Yesterday at 03:47:06 PM

Quote from: Dr. Acula on Yesterday at 03:06:11 PMBeaudrie transferred to Adrian.

Why did he leave the Raiders? Competition for playing time? Other reasons?

Maloney was/is very, very highly regarded as a Mount Union QB prospect

Noah B probably didn't want to be a backup, or fighting for his job as a 5th year senior.  Adrian got a couple of Mount upperclassmen transfers this year

What other Mount guys?

I did find this: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DL4zsWFNlHY/?igsh=MTh1dHRzYmpqa255ZA==

I wondered same and found same just this morning.

Quote from: D3fanboy on Yesterday at 07:27:58 PM

Quote from: Raider 68 on Yesterday at 03:47:06 PM

Quote from: Dr. Acula on Yesterday at 03:06:11 PMBeaudrie transferred to Adrian.

Why did he leave the Raiders? Competition for playing time? Other reasons?

Maloney was/is very, very highly regarded as a Mount Union QB prospect

Noah B probably didn't want to be a backup, or fighting for his job as a 5th year senior.  Adrian got a couple of Mount upperclassmen transfers this year

What other Mount guys?

I did find this: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DL4zsWFNlHY/?igsh=MTh1dHRzYmpqa255ZA==

Quote from: MUC 2008 on Yesterday at 07:22:52 PM

Quote from: Raider 68 on Yesterday at 03:47:06 PM

Quote from: Dr. Acula on Yesterday at 03:06:11 PMBeaudrie transferred to Adrian.

Why did he leave the Raiders? Competition for playing time? Other reasons?

We will likely never know this, but I wonder if he was healthier as the playoffs went on but because DeShields was the hot hand, DeSields stayed in. All a guess though.

This was my suspicion.